Here we go again...
For all of those who thought I was kidding on my earlier blog entry rant concerning the laughable state of the airline industry. It just so happens that this weekend my youngest boy is getting baptised this weekend, and for some strange reason - our family wanted to come to town.
Three lottery tickets please - one for nana, one for grandma, one for aunt Molly. Would you believe that the anticipated arrival times in the destination city for all three, on different airlines is within one hour of each other? Well, you know the lottery - gaming people on golden promises and dreams.
Drumroll ...
Nana: Airline #1 from Dothan to Charlotte lottery. Ahh, sorry an early loser. Flight from Dothan was delayed long enough to miss the second leg of the flight out of Atlanta. Instead of staying in the Atlanta airport, she chose to restart from scratch in the morning from Dothan.
Grandma: Airline #2 from Omaha to Charlotte lottery. First leg of the trek a success. Even pulled out from the gate exactly on time for the second leg... only to rush out onto the runway and park for unknown reasons. Been there for an hour and a half so far. Thank goodness for the Internet so I can check for up to the minute 'newly' predicted destination arrival times in those 15 minute intervals ... {10:20 ... 10:25 ... 10:55 ... 10:25 ... 11:05 ... }. Are you on the edge of your seat in anticipation? I am.
Aunt Molly: Airline #3 from Omaha to Charlotte lottery. Some history here. This was a ticket purchased from Airline #3 - but the actual "flying" was to be done by Airline #2. Now even though Grandma and Aunt Molly were both actually doing some "flying" on the same airline, they are on different flights. Each flight leaving Omaha within 10 minutes of each other, stopping in two different layover cities, and "theoretically" arriving in Charlotte within 5 minutes of each other.... Well, I guess this was the right way to go, because it appears that Aunt Molly gets the win with a early arrival - in the right city none the less.
One out of three - not bad odds.
/jason
